The Displacement Issue is a Parabol issue that brings
together artists displaying pieces and ideas that are
atypical, unrepresentative or even, antithetical to the work
for which they are best known.
By reversing expectations through this presentation of the
unexpected, the unfamiliar, the unknown,
the peculiar, this issue is both a revelation and a challenge to the ideas
we readily impose on
exhibiting contemporary works of art. Essentially, the aim of Displacement is to focus on art’s specific
ability to point out what we do not know, as well as allowing
us to recognize what we do. As a strategy,
this highlights the increasing importance attached to an artist as a personality,
rather than focusing
on their practice or the qualities of their individual pieces of work.
Further, what will be presented
only support a somewhat unknown representation of the artist’s output and conversely
increase the interest
in further exploration of his or her personality.